Benjamin Watson Quotes

You can disagree without being disagreeable. That's always been my mantra.

Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

We can argue and we can disagree, but we don’t need to poke our fingers in each other’s eyes in order to get our points across.

Let's cultivate an environment, not just in beauty pageants but in society in general, where we argue like we're right but listen like we're wrong.

I think you kind of facilitate civil conversation no matter how heated you think it could get by telling everybody and showing them that you mean what you say when you value all sides.

There is a way to disagree with someone, but it doesn't have to be threatening.

I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.

You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with.

I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.

I've always been really opinionated, and mixed with being really open hearted, open to people shifting what I think all the time, but I like to speak with conviction.

Dialogue between people of differing views is critical for fostering understanding in a democracy.

I am totally down with disagreement. I don't like Haterade, but disagreement is wonderful. When someone disagrees, we try to reach common ground. That's good.

One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.

I encourage people to find and use the power of their voices just as much when I do not agree with those voices as when I do agree with them.

My stay-married secret would probably be exercising good communication, not when you have to but all the time. I think if you do that, you kinda just cleanse the situations, so there's not build up. I think that's probably the best way to do it.

Civility is not not saying negative or harsh things. It is not the absence of critical analysis. It is the manner in which we are sharing this territorial freedom of political discussion. If our discourse is yelled and screamed and interrupted and patronized, that's uncivil.

The world I want to live in is a world where everybody is a bit more uncertain about their arguments and is a bit more open to other people's arguments. I think that we can engage ideas without ad hominem attacks.

My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you've listened to them carefully and you still think that you're right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.

We may disagree on some things, but we can do so without being disagreeable.

People always have an opinion. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong, but we have to respect their opinion.

Moral teaching should always be used as a gift and not a cudgel.... It is important that we all be able to share our moral viewpoints without hurting each other. That is what is wrong with political discourse today.

I think it's important to understand people can disagree on things, and still move forward.

I have disagreements with some and more agreements with others. But that doesn't mean I cannot listen to those I disagree with.

I expect if people have had a problem with me or my attitude, then they come and take it directly with me, face to face.

I think most people like a bit of freedom and hearing things that they might not agree with, rather than just having everybody shutting their mouths.